#2E2829#2E2829

#2E2829 is a dark, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.009 H 6.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E2829
RGB	rgb(46, 40, 41)
HSL	hsl(350, 7%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(350, 13%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 10.9%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.79, 2.99, 0.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.79, 3.01, 6.82°)
OKLab	oklab(28.38% 0.009 0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(28.38% 0.009 6.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.2857, 2.2586, 2.4129)
Luminance	0.0226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E2829 #282E2D

analogous

#2E282C #2E2829 #2E2A28

triadic

#2E2829 #292E28 #28292E

tetradic

#2E2829 #2C2E28 #282E2D #2A282E

square

#2E2829 #2C2E28 #282E2D #2A282E

split-complementary

#2E2829 #282E2A #282C2E

monochromatic

#100E0F #100E0F #2E2829 #4F4446 #6F6163

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.46

#2E2829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#2E2829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2E2829

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E2829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2E2829	1.00	14.46	1.45	14.46
#FFFFFF	14.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A2A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F2828

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e2829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 40, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.009 6.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#666162',
    500: '#2e2829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e2829;
$custom-light: #666162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e2829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 6.977,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2838,
    "c": 0.00904,
    "h": 6.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E2829

secondary

#555D5C

accent

#B0A778

background

#F6F5F5

surface

#EBE9EA

border

#C6C5C6

text

#060505

muted

#7A7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E2829

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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